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6-letter words (1 found)

BITTER,

5-letter words (9 found)

BITER,BITTE,BRITT,REBIT,TETRI,TITER,TITRE,TRIBE,TRITE,

4-letter words (13 found)

BIER,BITE,BITT,BREI,BRIE,BRIT,RITE,RITT,TIER,TIRE,TITE,TRET,TRIE,

3-letter words (11 found)

BET,BIT,IRE,REB,REI,RET,RIB,RIT,TET,TIE,TIT,

2-letter words (8 found)

BE,BI,ER,ET,IT,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of bitter

bitter

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɪtə(ɹ)/, [ˈbɪtʰə], (colloquially also) [ˈbɪʔə]
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɪtɚ/, [ˈbɪɾɚ]
  • Hyphenation: bit‧ter
  • Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: bidder (in some dialects)

Etymology 1

From Middle English bitter, bittre, from Old English bitter, biter (“bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *bit(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz (“bitter”), equivalent to bite +‎ -er (agent noun suffix) used attributively. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bitter, West Frisian bitter, Low German bitter, Dutch bitter, German bitter, Swedish bitter, Icelandic bitur (all meaning “bitter”).

Adjective

bitter (comparative more bitter or bitterer, superlative most bitter or bitterest)

  1. Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
  2. Harsh, piercing or stinging.
    • 1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, p.31 (Perennial paperback edition)
      It was at the end of February, […] when the world was cold, and a bitter wind howled down the moors […].
  3. Hateful or hostile.
  4. Cynical and resentful.
Usage notes
  • The one-word compared forms bitterer, bitterest are less common than their two-word counterparts more bitter and most bitter.
Synonyms
  • (cynical and resentful): jaded
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "cynical and resentful"): optimistic
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Sranan Tongo: bita
Translations
See also
  • bitter end

Noun

bitter (countable and uncountable, plural bitters)

  1. (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
  2. A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
  3. (nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
Synonyms
  • (beer): English pale ale, EPA
Derived terms
Translations
See also

Verb

bitter (third-person singular simple present bitters, present participle bittering, simple past and past participle bittered)

  1. To make bitter.
Translations

Etymology 2

bit +‎ -er

Noun

bitter (plural bitters)

  1. (computing, informal, in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).

Afrikaans

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch bitter, from Middle Dutch bitter, from Old Dutch bitter, from Proto-West Germanic *bit(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbətər/

Adjective

bitter (attributive bitter or bittere, comparative bitterder, superlative bitterste)

  1. bitter (having an acrid taste)
  2. very

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German bitter.

Adjective

bitter

  1. bitter (all meanings)
Inflection
Related terms
  • bitterhed
  • forbitret

Noun

bitter c (singular definite bitteren, plural indefinite bittere)

  1. bitter (the liquid used in drinks)
  2. A bitter form of an aquavit
Inflection

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bitter.

Noun

bitter c

  1. bitter (type of beer - only known generally in Denmark for a few years)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bitter, from Old Dutch bitter, from Proto-West Germanic *bit(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪtər/
  • Hyphenation: bit‧ter
  • Rhymes: -ɪtər

Adjective

bitter (comparative bitterder, superlative bitterst)

  1. bitter (having an acrid taste)
  2. bitter, embittered

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: bitter
  • Negerhollands: bitter, better, bitu
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: bitá
  • → Saramaccan: bíta
  • → Sranan Tongo: bita

See also

  • (tastes) smaak; bitter, zoet, zout, zuur (Category: nl:Taste)

Noun

bitter m or n (plural bitters, diminutive bittertje n)

  1. bitters, a type of strong spirits made by steeping (often bitter) herbs in brandy or jenever, traditionally considered a digestive drink.
    Synonym: kruidenbitter
    Zonder zijn gebruikelijke bittertje om vier uur voelde Opa zich niet lekker. ― Without his regular shot of bitter at four o'clock, Grandpa wouldn't feel well.

Usage notes

When used in a countable sense (a serving of bitter), the diminutive is the usual form.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: bitter
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: bitá
  • → Catalan: bíter
  • → Papiamentu: beter, bitter
  • → Saramaccan: bíta
  • → Sranan Tongo: bita

Further reading

  • The article Bitters on Wikipedia

Finnish

Etymology

From English bitter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiter/, [ˈbit̪e̞r]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbitːer/, [ˈbit̪ːe̞r]
  • Rhymes: -itːer
  • Syllabification(key): bit‧ter

Noun

bitter

  1. bitter (type of beer)

Declension

Further reading

  • “bitter”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.te/

Verb

bitter

  1. (transitive, slang) to understand, usually used in negative form and especially with rien
    Synonym: comprendre

Conjugation

Further reading

  • “bitter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bitter, pitter, from Old High German bittar, from Proto-West Germanic *bit(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz. Compare Low German bitter, Dutch bitter, English bitter, Swedish bitter, Icelandic bitur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪ.tɐ/

Adjective

bitter (strong nominative masculine singular bitterer, comparative bitterer, superlative am bittersten)

  1. bitter

Declension

Coordinate terms

  • (tastes) Geschmack; bitter, salzig, sauer, süß (Category: de:Taste)

Derived terms

  • bitterkalt
  • bittersüß
  • Bitterkeit
  • verbittern

See also

Adverb

bitter

  1. bitterly
    Synonym: verbittert

Further reading

  • “bitter” in Duden online
  • “bitter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “bitter” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Italian

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, a clipping of English bitters.

Noun

bitter m (invariable)

  1. bitters

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch bitter, from Proto-West Germanic *bit(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪtːər/

Adjective

bitter

  1. bitter (taste)
  2. sad, painful

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: bitter
  • Limburgish: bitter

Further reading

  • “bitter”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bitter”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German bitter and Old Norse bitr.

Adjective

bitter (neuter singular bittert, definite singular and plural bitre, comparative bitrere, indefinite superlative bitrest, definite superlative bitreste)

  1. bitter

Derived terms

  • bitterhet

References

  • “bitter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German bitter and Old Norse bitr.

Adjective

bitter (neuter singular bittert, definite singular and plural bitre, comparative bitrare, indefinite superlative bitrast, definite superlative bitraste)

  1. bitter

References

  • “bitter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbit.ter/

Adjective

bitter

  1. Alternative form of biter

Declension

Old High German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbit.ter/

Adjective

bitter

  1. Alternative form of bittar

References

  • Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bitr (partly through the influence of Middle Low German bitter), from Proto-Germanic *bitraz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bitter (comparative bittrare, superlative bittrast)

  1. bitter; having an acrid taste
  2. bitter; hateful
  3. bitter; resentful

Declension

See also

  • besk

References

  • bitter in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • bitter in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • bitter in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • bittre

Source: wiktionary.org